Whether you love it or hate it, Starfield is one of 2023’s most notable releases. For all the things that it does well, there’s loads of stuff that Bethesda could improve upon, too. It sounds like improvements should be coming in 2024, though, according to the company’s latest announcement.
Work on the company’s latest flagship appears to continue in the background. Many of its most pressing improvements have already been outlined in the days and weeks prior, but a few more precious details have just been provided, suggesting what else might be coming.
While Bethesda’s already confirmed some of the stuff that’s coming to Starfield in 2024, such as new travel options, city maps, and a rough update cadence, there are some curious new tidbits present here. Specifically, the following:
- New ship customization options.
- New gameplay options that allow further difficulty adjustments.
Bethesda’s not provided any detailed information on whether the team intends to simply add new customizations and difficulty sliders, or go all-in on the concept. A survival mode such as the one featured in Fallout 4 is something that players have expressed interest in, for example.
Bethesda’s plans for Starfield in 2024
Further, Bethesda’s previously confirmed update cadence, with new patches coming in every six weeks or so, won’t be kicking in before February. This suggests that there’s nothing new coming to Starfield in the next two months or so.
Of course, Starfield‘s first confirmed expansion pack, Shattered Space, is still on the way. No date has been set for that yet, but the post says it’s part of the 2024 plan.
Bethesda’s end-of-year post outlining the near future of Starfield development could, therefore, either be taken with a dose of skepticism or hype, depending on one’s opinion of what’s already there. Things really could go either way for Starfield‘s post-launch support.
